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Book SynopsisKarim examines the changes and continuity of Indonesia's foreign policy in the post-authoritarian era, under presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the opinions and perspectives of many eminent researchers, professors and experts from various countries on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Hanna Samir Kassab develops a theoretical framework which explains the formulation of power vacuums and examines their impact on the international system.

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Book SynopsisFully revised to incorporate recent developments, this third edition of International Security Studies provides students with a comprehensive and accessible textbook on security with a particular emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate theoretical debates. In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial topics in covering both traditional military and non-military security issues such as nuclear proliferation, humanitarian intervention, food security and environmental security. Unlike most standard textbooks, the volume also offers a wide range of case studies â including chapters on the US, China, the Middle East, Russia, East Africa and the Arctic â providing detailed analyses of important global security issues and the application of theoretical debates to major contemporary issues.This textbook will be essential reading for all students of Security Studies and highly recommended for students of critical security studies, human security, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general. Key concepts of International Relations and Globalization are defined and explained. Hence this textbook introduces students to the full range of security issues in a clear, concise accessible format.The thirty-six chapters contain pedagogical features such as textboxes, summarypoints and recommended further reading, and are divided into five thematic sections:â Conceptual and Theoreticalâ Military Securityâ Non-Military Securityâ Institutions and Securityâ Case StudiesSpecific updates for the third edition include the following: Recent developments - particularly the Ukraine War and covid-19 pandemic - are reflected upon in the opening chapter. The concern that the first section is partisan or overly-critical is addressed in the new versions of these chapters. A change in authorship of this section allied to the need to reflect on the recent revival of state-to-state wars has prompted a reappraisal of the relevance of traditional concepts such as the balance of power, deterrence and collective defence. The Africa chapter has been replaced with a more focussed chapter on the Horn of Africa with a new guest author. A new Middle East and Security chapter has been formed from merging and updating the two previous chapters on The Arab Spring and Israel-Palestine dispute. The covid-19 pandemic features prominently in a radically reformulated health chapter. The full Russian invasion of Ukraine features prominently in a new version of the Russia / Black Sea case study chapter. A broader Latin America case study chapter with a new author. More focus on energy security and water security is incorporated in the chapter on Environmental Security. More coverage of hybrid warfare and developments in Artificial Intelligence are incorporated in the chapter on Cybersecurity.

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Book SynopsisBased on research in Arabic and English, this book analyzes US-Arab conflicts over modernization. Challenging assumptions about a 'clash of civilizations', it shows how Americans and Arabs including nationalists, Islamists, and communists debated the Arab future within a shared set of Cold War-era ideas about progress.Trade Review'Envisioning the Arab Future is noteworthy both in the variety of case studies examined and in the range of sources utilized. It repeatedly demonstrates the degree to which Arabs and Americans often spoke a common language and had a shared vision of 'modernization', and how specific modernizing policies and initiatives were mutually constituted out of Arab-American dialogue. This is a valuable addition to our understanding of the Arab-American relationship in the post-World War II decades.' James Jankowski, University of Colorado Boulder'Envisioning the Arab Future traces a key source for the social scientists who pioneered the study of 'modernization' in the post-1945 Arab world and beyond, as well as for those who would retell that history now, namely Arab thinkers and politicians themselves. Muslim Brothers, Communists, Baathists, and others all had influential ideas about development. Vivid writing, new findings, thoughtful criticism, and a bold turn in argument: Citino does it all.' Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania'… brings a host of often unfamiliar Arab voices to a Western audience and contains striking, novel insights on nearly every page.' Salim Yaqub, International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction. The 'history of the future'; 1. The age of speed; 2. Imperial legacies; 3. City of the future; 4. Yeoman farmers; 5. People's court; 6. New men; 7. Changing course; Conclusion. A better future; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the establishment of international hierarchies in multilateral diplomacy. Vincent Pouliot observes that in any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others, and argues that the practice of diplomacy is structured by a largely unspoken hierarchy of standing, which practitioners refer to as the 'pecking order'.Trade Review'Pouliot's book is a welcome contribution to the international relations (IR) literature on the practice of diplomacy. Few works in the scholarly study of IR attempt to rigorously explain how multilateral diplomacy works and its larger effects. Pouliot's framework for understanding seeks to move beyond structural and agency approaches by integrating social theories to explain diplomacy and outcomes in world politics … In essence, the book seeks to explain 'social theater' by looking closely at the practice of diplomacy … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' J. Fields, Choice'Overall, International Pecking Orders represents a significant contribution to the literature on international practices; the theoretical analysis is innovative, with meticulous, multimethod research on NATO and the UN.' Miles Evers, International Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: all the world's a stage; Part I. Situations: 1. The politics of multilateral diplomacy; 2. A practice theory of social stratification; Part II. Dispositions: 3. The diplomatic sense of place; 4. A working consensus: the negotiation of the 2010 Strategic Concept and the NATO pecking order; Part III. Relations: 5. Permanent representation: relational structure and practical logics; 6. Clan politics: Security Council reform and the UN pecking order; Part IV. Positions: 7. State practices and multilateral fields; 8. The field logics of multilateral pecking orders: NATO and the UN compared; Conclusion: the miracle of multilateral pecking orders; Appendix: research design, methods and data.

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Book SynopsisPhillip Y. Lipscy explains how countries renegotiate international institutions when rising powers such as Japan and China challenge the existing order. This book is particularly relevant for those interested in topics such as international organizations, such as United Nations, IMF, and World Bank, political economy, international security, US diplomacy, Chinese diplomacy, and Japanese diplomacy.Trade Review'Phillip Y. Lipscy shows, using rationalist theory, that variation in competition among international institutions explains variation in their willingness to undergo fundamental institutional change. Renegotiating the World Order is a theoretically innovative and empirically impressive book on an important topic.' Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, New Jersey'Why is it that some international institutional arrangements respond in flexible ways to changes in the distribution of power whereas others do not? Lipscy offers an original and persuasive answer to this question that troubles both policymakers and theorists. This book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the past and future of international organizations.' Eric Voeten, Georgetown University, Washington DC'How will rising states such at Brazil, China, and India seek to reshape the global order? Will they be responsible stakeholders working within the existing Western-led order, or will they be revisionists seeking to overturn it? … Lipscy provides the most elegant and systematic explanation yet for these diverse and shifting choices.' G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs'Lipscy's book provides well-written historical accounts with a compelling theory that provides both an academic case as well as fruitful insight for policy-makers.' Felicity Vabulas, Review of International OrganizationsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A theory of institutional change; 3. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; 4. Japan in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; 5. INTELSAT; 6. ICANN; 7. The League of Nations and the United Nations Security Council; 8. Policy area discipline: development institutions and regional integration projects; 9. China-Taiwan competition over international organizations: a placebo test; 10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisBased on fieldwork and statistical analysis, this book explains how local social organization and cohesion enable both covert and overt nonviolent strategies, including avoidance, cultures of peace, protest, and negotiation. These 'autonomy' strategies help civilians retain their agency and avoid becoming helpless victims by limiting the inroads of armed groups.Trade Review'We have thousands of books and articles on how armed men threaten unarmed civilians, but very few on the important and fascinating phenomenon of how the civilians protect themselves and fight back. This compelling book fills the gap and represents an important turn in the study of violence, from how it is committed to how it is mitigated.' Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature'In this path-breaking book Oliver Kaplan shows that in all the narratives about elites, rebels, guerillas, combatants etc. there was somebody missing: society. Patterns of peace and conflict, it turns out, depend on how society mobilizes, organizes, and negotiates. Combining theory, statistical analysis and extraordinary fieldwork in Colombia, Kaplan develops and tests a theory of just how society influences civil war.' James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and author of Why Nations Fail'In the vast literature on civil wars, we have learned considerably about what motivates rebels to risk their lives to resist state power. In these accounts, civilians living in contested zones are typically portrayed as helpless victims adding only to the counts of collateral damage. Oliver Kaplan, in this brilliantly conceived study, challenges these dominant narratives and recasts peasants as anti-violence entrepreneurs. He discovers the conditions under which small rural communities can draw on their solidarity to avoid devastation from both rebels and the state, and avoid mass exodus to cities. Villagers can negotiate with both sides, Kaplan shows, to save their communities, preserving dignity and life while being protected from nearby death and destruction.' David D. Laitin, Stanford University, California'The literature on building peace emphasizes the need to include and empower civil society as an antidote to violence and the lack of protection by the state. However, little is known about the conditions under which specific communities mobilize or what goes on under the surface of public protests. Kaplan's rich and colorful accounts of communities in Colombia and the vagaries they face show how they have confronted and appeased different violent actors. Kaplan's book should be required reading for anyone attempting to understand how communities are not only victims but also agents in violent contexts.' Angelika Rettberg, Director of the Master's in Peacebuilding program, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia'Kaplan warns U.S. policymakers against counterinsurgency or democracy-promotion strategies that could put the intended beneficiaries at risk by undermining their claims to neutrality.' Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs'Resisting War makes a pioneering contribution to the study of civil conflict and insurgency. Kaplan's book is an exemplary piece of research that provides a captivating and rigorous telling of how civilians in conflict zones protect their own safety.' Dotan A. Haim, Perspectives on Politics'Kaplan's book will be a cornerstone from which to tackle these questions in the future for a broader and deeper understanding of civilians' lives during civil wars. He should be applauded for asking big, important research questions that resist clean answers. Delving into civil war settings in a thoughtful way to provide rich description of how civilians experience and influence civil wars will form a lasting contribution to our knowledge about civil wars.' Abbey Steele, International Studies ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: civilian autonomy in civil war; 2. A theory of civilian decision-making in civil war; 3. The history of conflict and local autonomy in Colombia; 4. Living to tell about it: research in conflict settings; 5. How civilian organizations affect civil war violence; 6. Why some communities are more organized than others; 7. The institution of the ATCC: protection through conciliation; 8. Discovering civilian autonomy in Cundinamarca; 9. Civilian autonomy around the world; 10. Conclusions and policy implications.

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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean when we use the term 'failed states'? This book presents the origins of the term, how it shaped the conceptual framework for international development and security in the post-Cold War era, and why. The book also questions how specific international interventions on both aid and security fronts - greatly varied by actor - based on these outsiders' perceptions of state failure create conditions that fit their characterizations of failed states. Susan L. Woodward offers details of international interventions in peacebuilding, statebuilding, development assistance, and armed conflict by all these specific actors. The book analyzes the failure to re-order the international system after 1991 that the conceptual debate in the early 1990s sought - to the serious detriment of the countries labelled failed or fragile and the concept's packaging of the entire 'third world', despite its growing diversity since the mid-1980s, as one.Trade Review'The Ideology of Failed States reflects a lifetime of professional engagement with the subject of intervention in weak, war-torn and fragile states. Constructed as an extended critique of the concept of 'state failure', its institutionalisation, and the uses to which the term has been put, mainly by Western governments and Western-dominated institutions, Woodward persuasively and very effectively demonstrates that the concept of state failure is not only conceptually vague but also empirically thin and politically provocative. She has succeeded in lifting what she describes as the 'veil of self-evidence' that typically surrounds the use of the concept in public discourse and, especially, in policy-making circles.' Mats Berdal, Director of Conflict, Security and Development Research Group (CSDRG), King's College London'The history of external interventions aimed at 'fixing failed states' is littered with the detritus of repeated failures. In her provocative and persuasively argued new book, political scientist Susan L. Woodward draws on a wealth of empirical research and her own astute observations to skewer the conventional wisdom that has long driven these failures. Her central thesis is that the concept of failed states - a notion whose flaws she authoritatively catalogues - 'is not just a label but an ideology'. Together with its semantic siblings, it spawned both a set of strongly held and unquestioned principles and, most consequentially, a strategic plan of action for putting these principles into practice … Not content with leaving her inquiry to speak for itself or to append to it a set of anodyne policy recommendations, Woodward concludes with a provocation to both the policy and academic worlds to pursue that most elusive but critical of goals - cumulative learning.' S. Del Rosso, Director, International Peace and Security, Carnegie Corporation of New York'The Ideology of Failed States is a tour de force. The empirical examples Woodward presents are rich in detail and thoroughly curated.' Marina Henke, H-NET'In a very impressive follow-up to her work on the former Yugoslavia (Balkan Tragedy …), Woodward (CUNY Graduate Center) examines a myriad of failed states and finds that the reason intervention fails is not just the internal failures of these states.' S. Majstorovic, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What's in a name?; 3. History of a concept; 4. State-building as solution; 5. Building an international apparatus for state-building; 6. The real problem of failed states; 7. Consequences; 8. Neither security nor development.

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Book SynopsisGlobal distributive justice is now part of mainstream political debate. It incorporates issues that are now a familiar feature of the political landscape, such as global poverty, trade justice, aid to the developing world and debt cancellation. This is the first textbook to focus exclusively on issues of distributive justice on the global scale. It gives clear and up-to-date accounts of the major theories of global justice and spells out their significance for a series of important political issues, including climate change, international trade, human rights and migration. These issues are brought to life through the use of case studies, which emphasise the connection of theories of justice to contemporary politics, and 'Further Issues' sections, which discuss emerging debates or controversies that are likely to command increasing attention in the coming years.Trade Review'In this fine book, Armstrong has filled a significant gap in the literature by providing a very clear, learned, and comprehensive discussion of different approaches to global distributive justice and some of their apparent implications for pressing policy issues such as trade, immigration, and climate change.' Christian Barry, Australian National University'This is a lively, clearly written and very helpful textbook that is accessible and yet philosophically engaging. It is not only of interest to undergraduates, new to the subject, but [it] also develops fresh arguments on various aspects of the debate, which will be of interest to people immersed in the literature.' Margaret Moore, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada'This book does an excellent job of introducing students to some of the most interesting and significant philosophical arguments about global distributive justice. It also uses cases studies very well to demonstrate what is at stake in the abstract normative debates. It does students a tremendous service.' Darrel Moellendorf, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs, San Diego State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Approaches: 1. Global distributive justice: what and why?; 2. Egalitarian approaches; 3. Minimalist approaches; Part II. Issues: 4. Global justice and human rights; 5. Global justice and natural resources; 6. Global justice and international trade; 7. Global justice and climate change; 8. Global justice and migration; Index.

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Book SynopsisMajor shifts in economic power, marked by the rise of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and other emerging economies, have recently affected key multilateral economic institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund. Ayse Kaya advances a novel approach to understanding the relationship between states' economic power and their formal political power in multilateral economic institutions.Trade Review'This ambitious study opens up the black box of how power and institutions interact in the rapidly changing post-Crisis world of global economic governance. Kaya exposes the tensions between the formal and informal faces of power in the struggle to influence both rules and outcomes across the World Bank, the IMF, and the emerging G20 process. Her analysis tells us that where the 'declining old' might prove too slow in ceding their formal institutional prerogatives, the 'rising new' may up the ante and take the game elsewhere to new forums. Global governance thus becomes less predictable and institutions less effective at adapting to the need for change. In short, Kaya's analysis shows us how familiar institutions remain a potentially fragile part of an increasingly fragile world order. A 'must' for scholars and students alike.' Geoffrey Underhill, University of Amsterdam'Increasingly, students of international political economy are returning to consideration of the role of power in the functioning of the world economy. With this thoughtful analysis, Ayse Kaya makes a notable contribution to current debates, focusing in particular on the relationship between the economic power of states and formal power in multilateral institutions. Even seasoned specialists will find much to learn in this knowledgeable and well-crafted study.' Benjamin Jerry Cohen, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Conceptualizing political asymmetries in multilateral economic institutions; 3. The origins of states' formal equality in the global financial institutions; 4. The origins of states' voting equality in the post-war multilateral trading system; 5. Shifts in political power in the IMF in 2008–10; 6. Shifts in political power in the World Bank in 2008–10; 7. The G20: a delegatory institution; 8. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines the developments that made the Cold War into a long-lasting international system during the 1960s and 1970s. It delves into the social and economic histories of the conflict, the roles of intelligence, culture and national identities and discusses the newest findings on US and Soviet foreign policy.Trade ReviewReview of the set: 'There has never been a Cold War history like it; everything about it is monumental … In total, the volumes represent a successful interconnected attempt at describing the Cold War in full.' Jost Dülffer, H-Soz-u-KultReview of the set: 'The Cambridge History of the Cold War (CHCW) marks a coming of age for Cold War studies. This multi-volume compilation provides a synthesis of the 'New Cold War History'. It is a signal moment in the evolution of the field.' Mike Sewell, H-DiploReview of the set: '… if (I) could recommend just three books to a reader with no prior knowledge of the Cold War - the average undergraduate, say - it would likely be this series. The breadth and depth of coverage, in disciplinary and geographical terms, is unparalleled.' David Milne, H-Diplo'The geographic span of the book is particularly impressive, covering many regions and countries, including those not traditionally integrated into the narrative … In this way, the authors combine the thematic-chronological approach with a regional context, significantly expanding our concept of the Cold War and its impact on countries and peoples.' Ilya Gaiduk, H-Diplo'… this fine volume brings together leading scholars in the field to present in clear and perceptive chapters the latest knowledge and the current state of debate on the Cold War. There is no better place to begin to understand this conflict.' Michael Hopkins, H-Diplo'… a sophisticated and lucid history of the Cold War during its second phase…' Sandra Scanlon, H-DiploTable of Contents1. Grand strategies in the Cold War John Lewis Gaddis; 2. Identity and the Cold War Robert Jervis; 3. Economic aspects of the Cold War, 1962–1975 Richard N. Cooper; 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis James G. Hershberg; 5. Nuclear competition in an era of stalemate, 1963–1975 William Burr and David Alan Rosenberg; 6. US foreign policy from Kennedy to Johnson Frank Costigliola; 7. Soviet foreign policy, 1962–1975 Svetlana Savranskaya and William Taubman; 8. France, 'Gaullism', and the Cold War Frédéric Bozo; 9. European integration and the Cold War N. Piers Ludlow; 10. Détente in Europe, 1962–1975 Jussi M. Hanhimäki; 11. Eastern Europe: Stalinism to solidarity Anthony Kemp-Welch; 12. The Cold War and the transformation of the Mediterranean, 1960–1975 Ennio Di Nolfo; 13. The Cold War in the Third World, 1963–1975 Michael E. Latham; 14. The Indochina Wars and the Cold War, 1945–1975 Fredrik Logevall; 15. The Cold War in the Middle East: Suez crisis to Camp David Accords Douglas Little; 16. Cuba and the Cold War, 1959–1980 Piero Gleijeses; 17. The Sino-Soviet split Sergey Radchenko; 18. Détente in the Nixon-Ford years, 1969–1976 Robert D. Schulzinger; 19. Nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation during the Cold War Francis J. Gavin; 20. Intelligence in the Cold War Christopher Andrew; 21. Reading, viewing and tuning in to the Cold War Nicholas J. Cull; 22. Counter-cultures: the rebellions against the Cold War order, 1965–1975 Jeremi Suri; 23. The structure of great power politics, 1963–1975 Marc Trachtenberg; 24. The Cold War and the social and economic history of the twentieth century Wilfried Loth.

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Book SynopsisOnce the exclusive preserve of member states, international organizations have become increasingly open in recent decades. Now virtually all international organizations at some level involve NGOs, business actors and scientific experts in policy-making. This book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of this development. Combining statistical analysis and in-depth case studies, it maps and explains the openness of international organizations across issue areas, policy functions and world regions from 1950 to 2010. Addressing the question of where, how and why international organizations offer transnational actors access to global policy-making, this book has implications for critical issues in world politics. When do states share authority with private actors? What drives the design of international organizations? How do activists and businesses influence global politics? Is civil society involvement a solution to democratic deficits in global governance?Trade Review'Jonas Tallberg and his co-authors have collected a uniquely refined dataset of transnational access to almost 300 international bodies over time, which forms the backbone for the first systematic explanation of transnational design. This path-breaking study will change our understanding of global governance.' Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and VU University, Amsterdam'The Opening Up of International Organizations is the most comprehensive analysis of the rapid rise and role of transnational actors in global governance. Skilfully combining different theoretical and methodological approaches, the authors show how international organizations have opened themselves to private actors in order to better accomplish their tasks. Perhaps the biggest surprise in this important book is the 'paradoxical centrality' of states rather than civil society in this process.' Duncan Snidal, University of Oxford'The Opening Up of International Organizations is social science at its best. The book is methodologically rigorous, theoretically innovative and of utmost political relevance. Jonas Tallberg and colleagues show convincingly that international organizations open up for nonstate actors since they need their involvement to fulfil their increasingly demanding tasks.' Michael Zürn, Social Science Research Center, BerlinTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Explaining transnational access to international organizations: theories and hypotheses; 3. Patterns of formal TNA access in global governance; 4. Explaining formal TNA access to international organizations: a multivariate analysis; 5. TNA access across issue areas: the OSCE and the Commonwealth; 6. TNA access across the policy process: the ADB and the IWC; 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhat helps people maintain their humanity during wars? Despite its obvious importance, this question remarkably remains overlooked by scholars. Studying what helps people survive wartime trauma is an extremely valuable, if not an urgent enterprise.Trade Review'A Darkling Plain: Stories of Conflict and Humanity during War provides a fresh interdisciplinary perspective to address an important understudied studied topic: how do individuals maintain their humanity in war and its aftermath? This is one of those rare non-fiction books that is hard to put aside once you start reading it. In spite of the harrowing nature of the wartime stories of suffering that are described in first-person accounts, this material is also rich in conveying courage, emotional connectedness, and personal growth and healing. Moreover, A Darkling Plain uses these poignant interviews as well as drawing from others to test a variety of theories about resilience in the face of suffering - theories ranging from the situational/environmental, to the existential/psychoanalytic, and to the literature on post-traumatic stress disorder. There is much in A Darkling Plain to stimulate further thinking and insight about this understudied topic of resilience and humanity in war.' Cheryl Koopman, Stanford University'Making the unconscious conscious, giving voice to the unspeakable, Kristen Monroe makes intimate the horrors of war, persecution, and genocide. From Armenia to the Holocaust, from Iwo Jima to the Japanese internment camps in the United States, memories of resilience and despair are restored to the sleeping world. Monroe has collected the voices that, as in Joyce's aspiration, 'forge the uncreated conscience of [our time]'.' Robert E. Lane, Emeritus Professor, Yale University, Connecticut'A Darkling Plain presents a timely and deeply affecting series of narrative interviews with individuals who not only survived, but eventually thrived, in the wake of horrific experiences in war, ranging from the Armenian genocide through World War II to current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These survivors demonstrate how acceptance of our interconnectedness and humility in the face of horror can allow hope and humanity to exist side by side in the face of hate and destruction. Monroe's magisterial work synthesizing the lessons their experiences glean provides insight into the factors that help promote both resilience and recovery in face of trauma and torture.' Rose McDermott, Brown University'With her characteristic wisdom, empathy, and superb interviewing skills, Kristen Monroe has written a book that everyone connected with wars should read. She has an unusual talent for identifying questions as difficult as they are important, and the book provides not the answer - which is not possible - but many answers that resonate widely and deeply. This is a moving and provocative book.' Jennifer L. Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: 1. War is hell. War is all hell. Scholarly literature on the unspeakable: literature, methodology, and data; Part II. War and Humanity in World War II: 2. If something's going to get you, it'll get you. Frank, American solider in the South Pacific; 3. Prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. Love and luck. Laura, Holocaust survivor on Schindler's list; 4. Everything went downhill after that. Gunther, refugee and displaced person with an SS father; 5. In the middle of the hailstorm, one doesn't fear for one's own life. The red princess and the July 20 Plot to kill Hitler; 6. Belonging to something. Herb, Austrian Jewish refugee from the Third Reich; 7. Hard to adjust after all that. Grace, interned Japanese American teenager; Part III. Other Voices, Other Wars: From Indochina to Iraq: 8. Best forget about Vietnam. Christopher, Vietnam; 9. For my family. Tuan, South Vietnam; 10. Bad memory, bad feeling. Sara on the Khmer Rouge; 11. Someone loving me. Kimberly on the Khmer Rouge; 12. Collateral damage and the greater good. Doc and the Iraq War; 13. Easily the worst experience of my life. Sebastian on the Iraq War; Part IV. Civil Wars and Genocides, Dictators and Domestic Oppressors: 14. Grandfather had his head cut off. Rose and the Armenian genocide; 15. A resistance to keep you alive. Ngũgĩ on the Mau Mau, anti-colonialism, and homegrown dictators; 16. Stuck in the mud in the middle of a civil war. Fabiola on the Nicaraguan Civil War; 17. Too much was seen. Marie on the Lebanese Civil War; 18. Care about other people. Okello and Idi Amin's Uganda; 19. People suffered great loss. Reza and Afghanistan under the Soviets; 20. Religion mixed with politics creates bad things. Leyla and the Islamic Republic of Iran; Part V. Guarding One's Humanity during Wars and Genocide: 21. The fundamental things apply; Conclusion: the enormity of it all.

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Book SynopsisLong-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarisation and volatility run, drawing out decades of educational expansion and rising ethnic diversity as key drivers in the emergence of new divides within the British electorate over immigration, identity and diversity. They argue that choices made by political parties from the New Labour era onwards have mobilised these divisions into politics, first through conflicts over immigration, then through conflicts over the European Union, culminating in the 2016 EU referendum. Providing a comprehensive and far-reaching view of a country in turmoil, Brexitland explains how and why this happened, for students, researchers, and anyone who wants to better understand the remarkable political times in which we live.Trade Review'Whether we like it or not, we are all living in Brexitland. In forensic detail, Sobolewska and Ford plot the long road of social change which led us here. En route, they look ahead to where the UK's explosive culture wars could take us next. Essential reading for those not wearing blinkers.' Adam Boulton, Sky News'Maria Sobolewska and Robert Ford have produced the best account I have read of our cultural civil wars. The work is not just an explanation of the way we live now, but of how we reached a state of institutionalised rage and why peace will be so hard to find.' Nick Cohen, The Spectator and The Observer'Brexitland brilliantly unpicks the old and new forces that shaped our brittle political age. Who is exploiting the anger? And is it with us for good? A fascinating and convincing study: essential reading for anyone wanting to understand why tolerance of the other side in British politics seems to have disappeared. How did our political battleground turn so ugly and intolerant? Brexitland delves deep into decades of history and attitudes to race and ethnic identity to answer that question, and does it with style. Sobolewska and Ford have written the new political bible of our times: how did we stop debating and start shouting? Can normal service resume? Brexitland is a razor-sharp and compelling answer to those questions.' Gary Gibbon, Channel 4 News'A brilliant, original, powerful book. For Remainers, Brexiters or indeed anyone interested in why divided Britain cut itself adrift from the EU, this is unmissable. It is also totally riveting.' Toby Helm, The Observer'A sharp, accessible investigation of the key fault lines of modern British politics: education, immigration, age and identity.' Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women'A brilliant bit of academic research, but written in a way that you or I can understand very easily.' Stephen Bush, Big Issue'A highly acute and insightful analysis, making telling use of extensive research, which induces the reader to think afresh about the political landscape we now find ourselves in and how we arrived here.' Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer'A sweeping and rigorous demographic and attitudinal study of recent British history.' William Davies, London Review of BooksTable of Contents1. Introduction: how Britain became Brexitland; 2. Social change, ehnocentrism and the emergence of new identity divides; 3. Divided over diversity: identity conservatives and identity liberals; 4. Legacies of empire: Commonwealth immigration and the historical roots of identity politics divides; 5. The long divorce: parties and voters parting ways; 6. The identity conservative insurgency and the rise of UKIP; 7: Change without recovery: how the coalition catalysed Labour's demographic transformation; 8. Brexitland awakened: identity politics and the EU referendum; 9. Dancing to a different tune: identity politics and political change in Scotland 2007–19; 10. Brexitland after Brexit: the electoral fallout from the EU referendum; 11. Conclusion: the new politics of Brexitland.

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Book SynopsisAmerican engagement with international law has long been framed by commitment to the ''international rule of law'', which persists even across divergent political and historical eras. Yet, despite appeals to legal ideals, American international law policy is consistently criticised as fraught with contradiction and distorted by beliefs in ''exceptionalism''. These contested claims of fidelity to law are the subject of this book: what does the ''international rule of law'' mean for American legal policymakers even as they advocate competing commitments to international legal order? Answers are found in extensive evidence that American policymakers receive international law through established foreign policy ideologies, which correspond with divisions in both legal scholarship and diplomatic history. Using the case of the International Criminal Court, the book demonstrates that the very meaning of the international rule of law is structured by competing ideological beliefs; between AmeriTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Ideology in American International Law Policy: 1. America's 'exceptional' international law policy; 2. The structure of American foreign policy ideology; 3. Competing conceptions of the international rule of law; Part II. Contesting Global Legal Power Through the ICC: 4. Clinton administration 1992–2000; 5. Bush 43 administration 2000–04; 6. Bush 43 administration 2004–08; 7. Obama administration 2008–16; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe UN Security Council and International Law explores the legal powers, limits and potential of the United Nations Security Council, offering a broadly positive (and positivist) account of the Council''s work in practice. This book aims to answer questions such as ''when are Council decisions binding and on whom?'', ''what legal constraints exist on Council decision making?'' and ''how far is the Council bound by international law?''. Defining the controlling legal rules and differentiating between what the Council can do, as opposed to what it should do as a matter of policy, this book offers both a tool for assessment of the Council as well as realistic solutions to address its deficiencies, and, most importantly, evaluates its potential for maintaining international peace and security, to the benefit of us all.Trade Review'Whether you have an academic interest in the UN Security Council, happen to be a journalist seeking reliable background information about it, or simply want to know how the Council works and why it so frequently stays short of our expectations - from now on there is no better way of finding out than reaching for this sharp, crystal-clear book written by prominent insiders.' Bruno Simma, Former Judge at the International Court of Justice, Founding editor of the German Commentary on the UN Charter'This exceptionally well-organized and persuasive book by two noted legal scholars (and frequent, much sought-after, practitioners) on the UN Security Council's powers and wider role in international law, a much contested field, will set the standard for at least the coming generation.' David M. Malone, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations'Wood and Sthoeger elegantly parse the voluminous practice of the U.N. Security Council to explain its most salient characteristics in relation to international law, notably its nature, process, power, limits, and law-making role. Through copious and compelling examples, the sometimes-obscure legal functions of this important political organ are thoughtfully revealed.' Sean D. Murphy, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law, George Washington University; Member, U.N. International Law CommissionTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The legal nature of the security council; 2. Decisions of the security council; 3. The powers of the security Council; 4. Possible limits in the powers of the security council; 5. The security council and measures not involving the use of force; 6. The security council and the use of force; 7. The security council, international organizations and the use of force; 8. The security council and the international court of justice; 9. The security council's contribution to the development of international law; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering truly international coverage including the Global South. Considering the philosophical foundations of human rights, Chen and Renteln explore the interpretive difficulties associated with identifying what constitute human rights abuses, and evaluate various perspectives on human rights. This book goes on to analyze institutions that strive to promote and enforce human rights standards, including the United Nations system, regional human rights bodies, and domestic courts. It also discusses a wide variety of substantive human rights including genocide, torture, capital punishment, and other cruel and unusual punishments. In particular, the book offers an accessible introduction to key understudied topics within human rights, such as socioeconomic rights, cultural rights, and environmental rights. It also focuses on the rights of marginalized groups, including children''s rights, rights of persTrade Review'What a tour de force … readable, accessible, and analytically rigorous … As the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this timely book provides a teachable review of some of the most pressing human rights topics from interdisciplinary perspectives. It is strategically designed to enable readers to act on their sense of justice to move toward fairer horizons.' Rebecca J. Cook, Professor of Law Emerita, University of Toronto, Canada'Its approach is likely to engage an audience that goes beyond the usual suspects – lawyerly and academic circles. Highly recommended.' Christian Courtis, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights'Chen and Renteln's tremendous International Human Rights: A Survey provides a thoroughly modern account of international human rights. Without shying away from controversies, it goes beyond a standard legal analysis, embracing perspectives from different disciplines and tackling the normative architecture, contextual dimensions, and cultural complexities, as well as the perennial enforcement challenges. A powerful and ambitious work that will stand as an invaluable resource for academics and practitioners.' Siobhan McInerney-Lankford, Senior Counsel, World Bank'International Human Rights: A Survey is a monumental achievement, integrating careful theoretical exposition of human rights with practical considerations. Chen and Renteln masterfully analyze the promises and challenges facing those concerned with the betterment of the human condition, and offer wise and practical counsel for navigating the fraught circumstances in which they approach their goals. This book is a signal achievement, and an essential resource for anyone interested in human rights.' Robert A. Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Professor of International Relations, Syracuse University, USA'A comprehensive critical coverage of the evolution of the human rights movement at national, regional and international levels. It also explores emerging issues we can no longer ignore today like protection of the environment, rights of persons with disabilities and of LGBTQ+ people. These are not only pertinent to the North, but more crucially to the Global South, enhancing the book's value and appealing to the wider audience.' Tomoya Obokata, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Keele University, The United Kingdom'A major highlight of this volume is its rights-based approach, which unpacks questions of cultural relativism, genocide studies, torture and inhuman punishments within the universal human rights discourse, and its critical examination of the fractures introduced by histories of imperialism and colonialism. Chen and Renteln judiciously and meticulously capture the heroic journey of the human rights movement right from 1948 through the contemporary evolution of new regional human rights systems.' Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women's Studies, India'Chen and Renteln offer an accessible, but in-depth and critical, appraisal informed by anthropology, political sciences, and international relations to tackle some of the most contentious contemporary challenges in international human rights law. At a time when authoritarian governments appear ever more emboldened to challenge the centrality of human rights discourse, this book is a crucial contribution to a necessary reflection on the future of human rights.' René Provost, Professor of Law, McGill University, Canada'International Human Rights: A Survey is a must-read for students who want to deepen their knowledge on human rights and ready themselves to face the challenges posed by their violation. The book provides a comprehensive and fully updated analysis of all the human rights internationally protected in an easy and rigorous legal language. With this work, Chen and Renteln provided an important landmark in the road toward a global justice.' Ilenia Ruggiu, Professor of Constitutional Law and Vice-President, University of Cagliari, Italy'Comprehensive and readable, International Human Rights: A Survey is the essential contemporary human rights reader. It leaves no current issue, group, or region behind – from identity to culture, racial disparities, and gendercide. The book's 16 chapters, each clearly organized around the legal concepts, instruments, and movements that make human rights matter, expose students to the history, promise, and potential of human rights.' Mark Fathi Massoud, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Oxford'The authors have done a brilliant job elucidating various aspects of human rights, demonstrating persuasively that an understanding of the underlying ideas and their application in different areas is critically important not just in distant countries under authoritarian governments, but to all. This is an important book for the general reader and an essential work for the academic.' David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, Canada and the author of Solved: How the Great Cities of the World are Fixing the Climate Crisis'This is the most comprehensive and accessible treatment of human rights available. Chen and Renteln cover every aspect of human rights – from genocide to the right to be forgotten – in this multidisciplinary book. Examining rights from international, national and local levels adds rare depth. A valuable resource for students and experts alike.' Beth Simmons, Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law, Political Science and Business Ethics, Penn Law'In this essential book Dr. Chen and Dr. Renteln provide a much needed overview of humanity's first normative line of defense against repression … in an age of brutality, but also of hope and opportunity.' Jan Egeland, Secretary General, Norwegian Refuge Council and former UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs'The term 'tour de force' is overused, but in the case of Chen and Renteln's International Human Rights: A Survey, it is an entirely appropriate description of the work.' Human Rights Quarterly (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/892622)Table of Contents1. Introduction: overview of human rights; 2. Human rights machinery: enforcement mechanisms; 3. Genocide; 4. Torture; 5. The death penalty and cruel, degrading, and inhuman punishments; 6. Socio-economic rights; 7. Cultural rights; 8. Environmental protection and human rights; 9. Indigenous rights; 10. Disability and human rights; 11. Labor rights as human rights; 12. Children's rights; 13. Women's rights; 14. LGBTQ+ rights; 15. Media and human rights: freedom of expression and of the press, access to information, and the right to privacy; 16. Conclusion: the future of human rights.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how international law structures global environmental harm and injustice while claiming to protect the environment. It outlines the possibility for a more sustainable and equitable world by drawing inspiration from diverse disciplines and marginalised sociocultural traditions to move towards a genuinely international law.Trade Review'Against the backdrop of the intensifying and life-threatening ecological crisis, this pathbreaking volume seeks to challenge and reconfigure the assumptions that inform international law. Among other things, it underscores the need to reform global capitalism with its focus on commodification and subordination of nature. A must-read volume for all students of international law.' B. S. Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O. P. Jindal Global University'This collection of essays on nature brings an imaginative and original dimension to debates about the future of international law. The authors uncover the impoverished concepts of nature that underpin fields such as international environmental law, international trade law, international development, sovereignty and territory. They argue, in many different ways, that ideas about nature are deeply connected with inequality. While sombre in its diagnosis, the book is also hopeful in identifying pathways for change.' Judge Hilary Charlesworth, International Court of Justice; Harrison Moore Professor of Law and Melbourne Laureate Professor, Melbourne Law School; Distinguished Professor, Australian National University'This is an outstanding book. By 'locating nature' in international law, by placing what we now term 'environmental issues' in the broader context of a history of international law, the authors illuminate in new ways the relationships among the environment and key issues and concepts of international law, including sovereignty, political economy, territory and jurisdiction. This book achieves a coherence and cumulative power rare in edited volumes, and will compel a rethinking of the relationship between nature and international law.' Antony Anghie, Professor of Law, National University of Singapore and University of Utah'A clear and persuasive explanation of how environmental issues are the responsibility of all international lawyers, this book leads those unfamiliar with these issues to appreciate and engage with the role of the environment in their work. It uncovers harmful assumptions about nature in foundational disciplinary concepts and demands change through democratisation of the discipline, so that sustainable societies in the Global South can play a greater role in international law making. This thought-provoking collaboration is a call for disciplinary solidarity and unity to work together toward sustainable solutions for people and planet.' Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Edward B. Burling Chair in International Law and Institutions at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity'This timely edited collection exposes why and how – in the midst of rapidly intensifying environmental pressures – international law (including international environmental law) continues to peer myopically into the 'reality tunnel' that caused them in the first place. Not content to stop at a compelling critique of international law's eco-destructive assumptions, the collection also offers a plausible, powerful international legal counter-narrative fit for the challenges of the age.' Anna Grear, Professor of Law, Cardiff University; Editor in Chief, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment'This tour de force captures the theoretical and practical challenges for all of international law to understand our relationship with nature better. This book is a thorough collection that will push international lawyers in all fields in new and necessary directions.' Michael Fakhri, Professor of Law, University of Oregon; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to FoodTable of ContentsIntroduction: where is the environment? Locating nature in international law Usha Natarajan and Julia Dehm; Part I. Locating Nature in International Law: Towards New Thinking: 1. Locating nature: making and unmaking international law Usha Natarajan and Kishan Khoday; 2. From classical liberalism to neoliberalism: explaining the contradictions in the international environmental law project Hélène Mayrand; 3. Reconfiguring environmental governance in the green economy: extraction, stewardship and natural capital Julia Dehm; Part II. Unmaking International Law: 4. Appropriating nature: commerce, property and the commodification of nature in the Law of Nations Ileana Porras; 5. Reflections on a political ecology of sovereignty: engaging international law and 'the map' Tyler McCreary and Vanessa Lamb; 6. The maps of international law: perceptions of nature in the classification of territory beyond the state Karin Mickelson; 7. Denaturalising the concept of territory in international law Cait Storr; 8. Who do we think we are? Human rights in a time of ecological change Usha Natarajan; 9. Law, labour and landscape in a just transition Adrian A. Smith and Dayna Nadine Scott; Part III. Alternatives and Remakings: 10. Three enclosures of international law: commoning premises, processes and aims Darina Petrova and Tomaso Ferrando; 11. The mythic environment: ecocosmology and narrative remakings of environmental consciousness Kishan Khoday; 12. Law and politics of the human/nature: exploring the foundations and institutions of the 'rights of nature' Roger Merino; 13. Narrating nature: climate imaginaries in international law Kathleen Birrell; 14. Inter-nation relationships and the natural world as relation Irene Watson; Conclusion: Remaking International Law Usha Natarajan and Julia Dehm.

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Book SynopsisHard and soft law developed by international and regional organizations, transgovernmental networks, and international courts increasingly shape rules, procedures, and practices governing criminalization, policing, prosecution, and punishment. This dynamic calls into question traditional approaches that study criminal justice from a predominantly national perspective, or that dichotomize the study of international from national criminal law. Building on socio-legal theories of transnational legal ordering, this book develops a new approach for studying the interaction between international and domestic criminal law and practice. Distinguished scholars from different disciplines apply this approach in ten case studies of transnational legal ordering that address transnational crimes such as money laundering, corruption, and human trafficking, international crimes such as mass atrocities, and human rights abuses in law enforcement. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the changing transnational nature of criminal justice policymaking and practice in today''s globalized world.Trade Review'This important book mounts a fundamental challenge to the nation-state paradigm of criminal justice scholarship. Wide ranging, theoretically rigorous, and consistently readable, it moves the study of transnational legal ordering of criminal justice to a new level of sophistication.' Nicola Lacey, School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, London School of Economics'There is sway and sweep in the comprehension of translational legal ordering in this fine book. It exposes diversity, incoherence, yet patterns in regimes ranging from criminal regulation of human trafficking to corruption, war crimes, sexual violence, money laundering, human rights, and more. This is a landmark instantiation of a big picture socio-legal framework.' John Braithwaite, Australian National University'A path-breaking set of essays that examines the driving forces and consequences of the transnationalization of criminal justice law and policy, with reference to criminalizing global social problems, tackling impunity for serious international crimes, and efforts to build human rights penal standards. The work is guided by a coherent theory of the varying roles of states in transnational legal orders. No student of contemporary criminal justice should miss the chance to learn from the theory and case studies.' David Nelken, King's College London'Norms of criminal justice, no less than crime itself, refuse to remain neatly contained within national jurisdictions. Gregory Shaffer and Ely Aaronson's collection of essays illustrates the ways in which a reasonably distinct transnational order has developed, become elaborated, and in some cases encountered contradiction and resistance. One of the book's great insights is that the transnational legal ordering of criminal law has in some ways empowered the state to reclaim its own legal authority. Read this book, and you will appreciate the impossibility of dichotomizing the study of modern 'national' and 'international' criminal law.' Beth A. Simmons, Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Law, Political Science and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania'The norms, institutions, and practices of criminal justice systems around the world have been deeply transformed in the last few decades by globalization and many new international and transnational legal regimes. Criminal justice, comparative law, and international law scholars are still grappling with these changes. By applying the illuminating theory of transnational legal orders to criminal justice, this impressive group of top scholars gathered in this book provides crucial insights to make sense of these changes. This book is an essential tool for anyone interested in them.' Máximo Langer, Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Program on Criminal Justice, UCLA School of LawTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. The transnational legal ordering of criminal justice Ely Aaronson and Gregory Shaffer; Part II. Transnational Legal Ordering and Transnational Crimes: 2. Why do transnational legal orders persist? The curious case of anti-money laundering Terence Halliday, Michael Levi and Peter Reuter; 3. Transnational criminal law or the transnational legal ordering of corruption? Theorizing Australian foreign bribery reforms Radha Ivory; 4. Transnational criminal law in a globalized world: the case of trafficking Prabha Kotiswaran; 5. The criminalization of migration: a regional transnational legal order or the rise of a meta-TLO? Vanessa Barker; 6. The strange career of the transnational legal order of cannabis prohibition Ely Aaronson; Part III. Transnational Legal Ordering and International Crimes: 7. The anti-impunity transnational legal order for human rights – formation, institutionalization, consequences, and the case of Darfur Joachim J. Savelsberg; 8. Colombian transitional justice and the political economy of the anti-impunity transnational legal order Manuel Iturralde; Part IV. Transnational Legal Ordering and Human Rights Standards in Criminal Justice: 9. International prison standards and transnational criminal justice Dirk van Zyl Smit; 10. The transnational legal ordering of the death penalty Stefanie Neumeier and Wayne Sandholtz; 11. Performance, power, and transnational legal ordering: addressing sexual violence as a human rights concern Ioana Sendroiu and Ron Levi; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Conclusions: a processual approach to transnational legal orders Sally Engle Merry.

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Book SynopsisLibman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies ofthe Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post-Communist regions in the 21stCentury. The authors show how this impact is not driven by Communist ideology but by the clientelistic practices, opportunism and cynicism prevalent in the CPSU. Their study is built on a novel dataset of the CPSU membership rates in Russian regions in the 1950s-1980s, alongside case studies, interviews and an analysis of mass media previously only available in Russian and discussed here in English for the first time. It will appeal to students and scholars of Russian and Eastern European politics and history, and anyone who wants to better understand countries which live or have lived through Communism: from Eastern Europe to China and East Asian Communist states.Trade Review'In this highly original study, Libman and Obydenkova show that the saturation of Communist Party membership in various regions of Russia during the Soviet period remains associated with such contemporary phenomena as lower levels of inequality and democracy and greater bureaucratic corruption – decades after the demise of the Soviet state. In so doing, they adeptly demonstrate the Communist Party's persisting legacies for contemporary Russia.' Mark R. Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, Princeton University'Libman and Obydenkova's study of Communist Party legacies in Russia takes the discussion of this phenomenon to a new level. An impressive combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, brimming with thickly descriptive asides about Soviet and post-Soviet life.' Timothy Colton, Harvard University'Using a wealth of novel data, Libman and Obydenkova demonstrate how variation in Communist Party membership across regions in Russia in the Soviet period have shaped the politics and economics of post-Soviet Russia in important and intriguing ways. This book should be high on the list for anyone interested in Russian politics and the impact of the past on the present.' Timothy Frye, Columbia University'How much of what we see in Russia can be attributed to the persistent legacy of Communist rule? This book tackles this important question with ingenuity and persistence, breaking down 'communism' into potential vectors of influence on political, social, economic, and cultural outcomes we observe today. The focus on how different degrees of CPSU saturation in population across Russian regions is particularly welcome, given political, institutional, social, and cultural variation across the country.' Alexandra Vacroux, Harvard University'By focusing on the important and often subtle long-term effects of subnational variations in Communist Party penetration during the Soviet period, this carefully researched, ambitious and well-written book, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of communist legacies in Russia and beyond, as well as to our broader understanding of the mechanisms underlying the emergence and persistence of historical legacies of authoritarian regimes.' Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University'This book asks a crucially important question to the understanding of the links between Soviet and post-Soviet politics. How has the system that has grown up in Russia been influenced by legacy of the Communist system, and in particular the all powerful Communist Party of the Soviet Union? This invaluable book explores the legacy of the party in the practice of politics in Russia today. A must read for anyone who really wants to understand the links between the Soviet past, and the Russian present.' Kathryn Stoner, Stanford University'The [Historical Legacies of Communism] makes a significant contribution to the literature … is a must-read for those interested in communist legacies and postcommunist developments' Liu Peng, Europe-Asia StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The CPSU legacy: Leninism or clientelism? 3. Cultural environment and Soviet cinematography as a legacy of the CPSU; 4. Measuring CPSU legacies; 5. Democracy; 6. Corruption; 7. Inequality; 8. Mortality; 9. Attitudes towards migrants; 10. Economic development and innovations; 11. The origin and persistence of legacies; 12. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhy do warring parties turn to United Nations peacekeeping and peacemaking even when they think it will fail? This book asks why peacekeeping survived its early catastrophes and how this survival should make us reconsider how peacekeeping works. It will also appeal to readers interested in the Rwandan and Guatemalan civil wars and genocides.Trade Review'Peace negotiations do not happen in a vacuum. Instead, elite combatants constantly adjust their strategies based on what they see the United Nations doing elsewhere. Dayal's analysis of peace processes is as novel and original as it is rigorous and convincing, and it carries crucial policy implications for today's peacekeeping missions.' Séverine Autesserre, author of Peaceland and The Frontlines of Peace'Dayal presents a thought-provoking re-evaluation of the credible commitment theory from a fresh viewpoint. Her work is relevant not only for scholars and policymakers interested in UN peacekeeping, but also for those who are studying peace processes in Rwanda and Guatemala.' Barış Arı, International PeacekeepingTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The social context of international peacekeeping and the alternative benefits of bargaining; 2. Methods and case selection; 3. The Arusha negotiations, 1990-1994: Unamir in the shadow of Somalia; 4. Guatemala, 1989-1996: Minigua in light of El Salvador; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThere are various situations in which multiple states or international organizations are bound to an international obligation in the context of cooperative activities and the pursuit of common goals. This practical phenomenon of sharing international obligations raises questions regarding the performance of obligations (who is bound to do what) and international responsibility in case of a breach (who can be held responsible for what). This book puts forward a concept of shared obligations that captures this practical phenomenon and enables scholars and practitioners to tackle these questions. In doing so, it engages in positive law-based categorization and systematization, building on existing categorizations of obligations and putting forward new typologies of shared obligations. Ultimately, it is contended that the sharing of obligations has relevant legal implications: it can influence the content and performance of obligations as well as the responsibility relations that arise in Table of Contents1. Setting the scene: Sharing international obligations; 2. The concept of shared obligations in international law; 3. The distinction between bilateral and multilateral legal relations in the international law of obligations; 4. Indivisible and divisible shared obligations in international law; 5. Sharing international obligations and the determination of shared responsibility; 6. Claiming cessation and reparation for breaches of shared obligations; 7. Conclusion: Towards a more systematic approach to international obligations; Index.

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Book SynopsisPrevailing views suggest rebels govern to enhance their organizational capacity, but this book demonstrates that some rebels undertake costly governance projects that can imperil their cadres during war. The origins for this choice began with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Chinese Civil War. The CCP knowingly introduced challenging governance projects, but nevertheless propagated its strategy globally, creating a behavioural model readily available to later rebels. The likelihood of whether later rebels'' will imitate this model is determined by the compatibility between their goals and the CCP''s objectives; only rebels that share the CCP''s revolutionary goals decide to mimic the CCP''s governance fully. Over time, ideational and material pressures further encouraged (and occasionally rewarded) revolutionary rebels'' conformity to the CCP''s template. Using archival data from six countries, primary rebel sources, fieldwork and quantitative analysis, Governing for RevoluTrade ReviewMany rebels build governing institutions because the order thereby created is popular with the population, who in turn support the rebels and help them win their war. This conventional wisdom ignores the fact that some rebel groups create unpopular governing institutions that provoke popular resistance. To address this puzzle, Megan Stewart develops a new typology of rebel governance types and argues that rebels with transformative goals (e.g. revolutionaries) implement extensive and intensive governance that, because it upsets the political and social status quo, is unpopular with segments of the population. Stewart bases her argument upon the enduring influence of the Chinese revolution, and describes a well-chosen set of rebellions that did, and did not, govern intensively and extensively. She supplements her historically-rich case narratives with broader statistical studies. Governing for Revolution presents a provocative and original statement about rebel governance that also exemplifies the benefits of mixing qualitative and quantitative research and offers important implications for civil war studies, research on state making and governance, and for scholarship on the consequences of revolution. Douglas Lemke, Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State UniversityGoverning for Revolution skilfully weaves historical case studies and crossnational evidence since 1945 to show how rebel goals, not military necessity or economic drivers, shapes how they decide to govern civilians in wartime. A welcome addition to the growing literature on rebel governance that rightly places politics at the center of its theory of how insurgents rule civilians. Jason Lyall, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth CollegeStewart's thoughtful analysis and careful empirical work shed light on a critical question that has hindered understanding of the dynamics of civil war: why do some rebel groups invest more in governing local populations than others? Her answers link the subjects of rebel governance to the consequences of war. Beautifully written and cogently argued, Governing for Revolution makes a significant contribution to literature on the social dynamics of political violence. Tanisha M. Fazal, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of MinnesotaTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Iron and blood: the global-historical context of rebel governance strategies; 3. Rebel goals determine governance strategies; 4. Research design and alternative explanations; 5. The Eritrean liberation struggle: varying goals and varying governance; 6. Changing goals and changing governance: the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army; 7. Modeling revolutionary governance in East Timor; 8. Hezbollah: a Jihadist adaptation of the Chinese model; 9. A statistical analysis of rebel goals and rebel governance; 10. Conclusion: looking forward by looking back.

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Book SynopsisDeveloping a normative framework for evaluating non-state actors in the absence of formally binding obligations, this study is the first detailed human rights analysis of Hamas conduct and governance in the Gaza Strip.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Non-State Actors and International Human Rights Law: An Overview 2. The Rise of Hamas as a Non-State Actor Resembling a Government: Background and Operational Setting 3. Hamas and Human Rights Conclusion: Hamas Rule, Human Rights, and State-Like Institutions

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the linkages between Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and participatory forms of development – especially those associated with critical pedagogy and empowerment from the bottom-up.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. The Human Development and Capability Approach – The Role of Empowerment and Participation Alexandre Apsan Frediani, David Clark and Mario BiggeriPart 2: Conceptual Foundations2. The Practice of Participation and the Capability ApproachJohn Hammock3. Power and Deliberative Participation in Sen’s Capability Approach Pepi Patrón4. Balancing Pessimism of the Intellect and Optimism of the Will: Some Reflections on the Capability Approach, Gender, Empowerment and EducationElaine Unterhalter5. Notions of Empowerment and Participation: Contributions from and to the Capability ApproachAlexandre Apsan Frediani, Jordi Peris and Alejandra Boni6. Process and Outcomes: participation and empowerment in a multidimensional poverty framework Shailaja FennellPart 3: Applications and Methods7. Participatory Development: A Sustainable Approach for Reducing Inequality and Fighting Poverty? The Example of Disability Policies in AfghanistanParul Bakhshi and Jean-Francois Trani8. Children and Youth Participation in Decision Making and Research ProcessesMario Biggeri, Caterina Arciprete and Ravi Karkara9. The Integrated Capabilities Framework: Exploring Multiculturalism and Human Well-Being in Participatory SettingsDavid A. Clark and Susan Hodgett10. Participatory Research Methods and the Capability Approach: Researching the Housing Dimensions of Squatter Upgrading Programmes in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Alexandre Apsan Frediani11. Participatory Monitoring of Development Projects in the South PacificJohn Schischka12. Planning and Managing for Human Development: What Contribution Can the Capability Approach Make?Gabriel Ferrero y De Loma-Osorio and Carlos Salvador Zepeda13. Emancipatory Research as Empowerment: An Illustration from a Research Study of Persons with Disabilities in PalestineMario Biggeri and Federico CianiPart 4: Conclusions and Policy Lessons14. Capability Development and DecentralisationSantosh Mehrotra15. Participation, Empowerment and Capabilities: Key Lessons and Future ChallengesDavid A. Clark, Mario Biggeri and Alexandre Apsan Frediani

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the journey that Kenya has travelled as a nation since its independence on December 12, 1963. It seeks to advance understanding of the country's major milestones in the postcolonial period, the challenges and the lessons that can be learned from this experience, and the future prospects. Trade Review“These two volumes in the "African Histories and Modernities" series, designed to provide a voice for African scholarship, do just that. … This important book makes it clear that the future is still up for grabs, but that the current generation of scholars owns the past. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (W. Arens, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)Table of ContentsIntroductionSection 1 – Contesting History and Memories Chapter 1: The Demise and Rise of Majimbo in Independent Kenya - Robert M. MaxonChapter 2: Recasting Kenyan History: Mau Mau Reparations, Narration, and Memory- Mickie Mwanzia KosterChapter 3: Rethinking the “Shifta War” Fifty Years after Independence: Myth, Memory, and Marginalization - Keren WeitzbergChapter 4: Rendilelane: Spatial Views from the Periphery of Kenya- Hilah Segal- KleinChapter 5: Politics and the Lack of Labor Militancy in Kenya: Trade Unionism After Independence - Eric E. Otenyo Section 2: Reassessing Policies and PoliticsChapter 6: The Strategic Art of Appeasing Old Lovers while Courting New Friends: Kenya’s Foreign Relations in Retrospect- Mumo NzauChapter 7: Kenya At Fifty and the Betrayal of Nationalism: The Paradoxes of Two Family Dynasties –Wanjala S. NasongoChapter 8: Elusive Justice: The Maasai Contestation of Land Appropriation in Kenya: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective - Ben Ole KoissabaChapter 9: Kenya at Fifty: State Policies Reforms, Politics and Law, 1963-2013 - Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso and Ruth Joyce Kaguta Chapter 10: Continuity and Change in Kenya’s Defense and Foreign Policy: The Impact of the New Security Dilemma- Oscar Gakuo Mwangi

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Book SynopsisMichael E. Smith is Professor of International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has previously held posts at St Andrews, UK and at Georgia State University, USA. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of European Public Policy and European Security.Table of ContentsPART I: QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS 1. International Relations and International Security 2. Continuity and Change in International Security Studies 3. The Politics of International Security PART II: TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES 4. Interstate War 5. Intrastate War 6. Weapons Proliferation 7. International Terrorism 8. International Crime PART III: THE NEW SECURITY AGENDA 9. International Economic Security 10. International Environmental and Resource Security 11. International Public Health 12. International Population Trends 13. Cyber and Information Security Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the first-ever close and up-to-date look at how American diplomats working at our embassies abroad communicate with foreign audiences to explain US foreign policy and American culture and society.Trade Review"As the role of public opinion in policy making continues to grow around the globe, there is increasing appreciation for the importance of public diplomacy as an aspect of U.S. foreign policy. Rugh picks up this theme, delivering an expert account not only of the 'theory' of what public diplomacy is and how to best practice it; he also shares insightful, real-world examples, drawn both from his own extensive professional experience and from the now rather considerable PD literature. Ambassador Rugh has provided an invaluable resource to the field of public diplomacy, one destined to become indispensible in the teaching of PD tradecraft, as well as a go-to reference for current practitioners in the field." - Middle East Policy"The book is a perfect text to be included in the study of American foreign policy or diplomacy, especially in the Middle East. It is a must-read for any incoming Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and/or Public Affairs, not to mention high-level military commanders in the field who have been running their own public diplomacy operations." - International Journal of Middle East Studies"Ambassador William Rugh, one of the most distinguished American practitioners of the art of public diplomacy, has written a remarkable book. From basic principles through to the subtleties of today's social media this is the essential guide for any public diplomat headed for the field or for any analyst who wishes to understand how this essential element of international relations is practiced. This book will be required reading in diplomatic training classes in the US and one anticipates further afield also."- Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, USA"Ambassador Rugh's book is a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the real world of public diplomacy from the practitioner's perspective. It will be invaluable to all who wish to understand the complexities of 21st century public diplomacy. It is a highly informed and eloquent exposition of the critical contribution of soft power to the promotion of American policies and values. It should be a standard work for all who seek to understand and explain contemporary public diplomacy." - Anthony Quainton, Distinguished Diplomat-in-Residence at American University, USA, and former Director General of the US Foreign Service"Ambassador Rugh presents a comprehensive, current and insightful overview of U.S. public diplomacy field operations, filling a long-vacant niche in real-world PD resources for professors and students. His deep background as a distinguished practitioner of PD makes for a nuanced yet focused presentation of the opportunities and challenges facing PD professionals past and present." - Elizabeth Whitaker, Adjunct Professor of Public Diplomacy at Georgetown and George Washington Universities, USA, and former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State"Front Line Public Diplomacy is an extensive, informative addition to the field of public diplomacy, with a comprehensive analysis of what makes people-to-people diplomacy tick. While focusing on the breadth of U.S. public diplomacy strategy and tactics, the book gives insights that can be easily applied to other contexts in international settings. The book captures the history of U.S. public diplomacy, as well as contemporary trends including the role of social media, interagency issues, and the civilian-military nexus, so essential in understanding public diplomacy in active combat zones." - Bridget Gersten, senior-level career diplomat and Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of StateTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionPART I: THE CONTEXT1. Legacy: Philosophy and Legal Basis2. Public Diplomacy Personnel as FSOsPART II: FIELD OFFICE MANAGEMENT3. The Public Affairs Officer4. Contacts and Personal NetworkingPART III: INFORMATION PROGRAMS5. Traditional Media6. Social Media: Use in Public Diplomacy7. Social Media: Factors to ConsiderPART IV: CULTURAL AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS8. Cultural Programs9. Centers, Libraries and Other American Spaces 10. Educational ExchangesPART V: PENTAGON COMMUNICATIONS11. Defense Department Communications Expansion12. Comparing DOD and State's Communications Conclusion13. Changes and Enduring Principles in PD Practice

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume provides critical reflections on the interplay between politics and law in an increasingly transnationalized global political economy. It focuses specifically on the emergence and operation of new forms of governance that are developing through a variety of transnational contractual practices, institutions, and laws in multiple sectors and areas of economic activity. Interdisciplinary in nature, the volume includes contributions from law, political science, sociology, and international politics, with the focus on the political foundations of transnational contract being both original and path-breaking. Placing power at the center of the analysis, the volume reveals the heterogeneous landscape of contemporary law-making and the different kinds of politics giving rise to this form of global ordering. As the contributors note, this new form of governance requires a different type of political theory and legal theory, with the volume advancing understTrade Review‘Cutler and Dietz have brought together a diverse set of authors who together give us a brilliant critical interrogation of the rise of private sector experts in domains concerned with public interests. This has become an increasingly important and alarming issue. A must read.’ – Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA, author of Expulsions'In this path-breaking interdisciplinary volume of political scientists, sociologists, and legal scholars, the authors not only demonstrate that non-hierarchical "governance by contract" dominates both state and private regulations in the global political economy but they also elaborate the power dimension of these arrangements. A must read for anybody interested in knowing how the global economy ticks!' - Thomas Risse, Professor of International Politics, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsForewordLiberalism’s Global Mirror: Worldwide Contracting and ‘No Alternative’?[Peer Zumbansen]IntroductionChapter 1The Politics of Private Transnational Governance by Contract: Introduction and Analytical Framework [A. Claire Cutler and Thomas Dietz]PART I: Analytical and Theoretical Dimensions of Private Transnational Governance by ContractChapter 2Contract as Normative Regulation and the Implied Rule of Law Christopher MayChapter 3Governance by Contract from a Perspective of Power: The Case of Land Grabbing[Doris Fuchs and Anne Hennings]PART II: Trade and Production: Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Governance by Contracts Chapter 4Private Transnational Governance in Global Value Chains: Contract as a Neglected Dimension [A. Claire Cutler]Chapter 5The New Gatekeeper: Ethical Audits as a Mechanism of Global Value Chain Governance[Genevieve LeBaron, Jane Lister, and Peter Dauvergne]Chapter 6Relational Contracts 2.0: Efficiency and Power[Thomas Dietz]PART III: Trade, Investment, and Dispute Settlement: Arbitration as Transnational Private Governance by ContractChapter 7Arbitration as Transnational Governance: Legitimacy Beyond Contract[Fabien Gélinas]Chapter 8Private Arbitration as a Mechanism for the Construction of Contractual Norms in Private-Public Relationships: The Case of Investor-State Arbitration[Edward Cohen]Chapter 9Theorizing Private Transnational Governance by Contract in the Investor-State Regime[A.Claire Cutler and David Lark]PART IV: Sectoral Specifications of Private Transnational Governance by ContractChapter 10Contractual Governance and Sectoral Fragmentation of Transnational Contract Law[Joshua Karton]Chapter 11Transnational Carbon Contracting: Why Law’s Invisibility Matters[Natasha Affolder]Chapter 12Merchants of Hegemony: Neoliberalism and the Legitimacy of Private Contractual Governance in the Transnational Cotton Trade[Amy A. Quark]Chapter 13Regulating Private Military Security Companies by Contract: Between Anarchy and Hierarchy? [A. Claire Cutler and Stephanie Law]ConclusionChapter 14Empire through Contract: A Private International Law Perspective[Horatia Muir Watt]

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